How to Adjust the Inking Rollers on a Vandercook SP-15
Oh, hello again! Don’t mind me, I was just checking the roller height on this Vandercook SP-15. What’s that? You. . . you don’t know how to check the roller … Continue reading
How to make a collapsible punching trough
Happy Holidays! Who needs mulled wine and a pile of gifts when you’ve got a tub of PVA and a stack of binders board? This year, give yourself the gift … Continue reading
Edition Binding 101
I am often asked how long it takes me to make one book. It is an impossible question to answer and I often seem evasive or befuddled when I try. … Continue reading
Post #74, In which I clean a Vandercook press
If you want to use a press, you have to clean a press. This is the cruel truth of the letterpress world. A printer should be able to clean a … Continue reading
Tool Porn: where did they come from and how much did they cost?
#1 Talas Bookbinders Awl $4.49. #2 Cherry Burl Pin Vice, handmade by Bob Walp at Chester Creek Press $45-65. I traded a book for it. #3 Starrett Pin Vice, $20. … Continue reading
Life without a board shear
The Board Shear. The most beautiful cutter ever built, the most useful piece of bookbinding equipment known to man, the greatest thing in the wide world. A bookbinder without a … Continue reading
Designing ze Deluxe Edition. ooh la la.
Of the total edition of 75 copies of this new book, the first ten will be a “deluxe edition,” special copies that are housed in a more elaborate way. Until … Continue reading
Well Hello, Oregon. Let’s make books.
We are at the end of Day Two of the Letterpress Artist’s Books course that I am teaching at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, and things are heating … Continue reading
Post #37: In which I set up a run
The majority of the work in a press run happens before the real printing begins. The “makeready,” time spent setting up the run, is the most critical part of the … Continue reading
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